David Forsyth Main

David Forsyth Main (1831 – 27 July 1880) was a 19th-century member of parliament in Otago, New Zealand.

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1867–1870 4th Port Chalmers Independent

Main was one of three candidates in the Gold Field Towns electorate in the 1866 election, when he came a close second to James Benn Bradshaw.[1]

Main represented the Port Chalmers electorate from 1867 to 1870, when he retired.[2]

He was a barrister and died in Dunedin aged 48.[3][4]

References
  1. "Declaration of the Poll". Lake Wakatip Mail. No. 304. 28 March 1866. p. 2. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  2. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 218. OCLC 154283103.
  3. "Death". Otago Witness. 31 July 1880.
  4. "Death". Otago Daily Times. 28 July 1880.


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